Piracy

M/V reports approach by suspicious vessel in 06-19.4N 003-19.9E at 030330Z dec

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 3790/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-12-12 00:45Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 050001Z DEC 18.. Issued 2018-12-05 00:45Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Gulf of Guinea. The parsed report position is 6.323, 3.332. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.

  1. HYDROLANT 3636/182018-11-23 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 3790/18 · this notice2018-12-05 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →

issued
2018-12-05 00:45Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2018-12-12 00:45Z
authority
IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 050001Z DEC 18.
issued by
IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea
Gulf of Guinea
position
6.323, 3.332
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF GUINEA.
NIGERIA.
DNC 01.
1. M/V REPORTS APPROACH BY SUSPICIOUS VESSEL
   IN 06-19.4N 003-19.9E AT 030330Z DEC.
   VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS
   POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
   REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
   PHONE: 603 2031 0014, 603 2078 5763,
   FAX: 603 2078 5769,
   E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
   AND TO MDAT-GOG, PHONE: 332 9822 8888,
   E-MAIL: WATCHKEEPERS@MDAT-GOG.ORG
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120045Z DEC 18.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Piracy and armed robbery
Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
Position (degrees and minutes)
How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

76 within 180 nm since 2012 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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21

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-26 13:55Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

Vessels attacked or boarded, suspicious approaches, pirate action groups — Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Guinea, Malacca and Singapore Straits, South China Sea. All current piracy & armed robbery reports →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.